Prosthetics.

I'm against us going to war in Syria.  I won't go into why; I'm going to write about what might be the only good to come of this war, technological advancements in prosthetics.

Hopefully someone will really start advancing that technology.  The insights gained from prosthetics should also help with numerous other fields like robotics, engineering, and maybe even psychology.  It also goes the other way, advancements from robotics, engineering and psychology help prosthetics; fun little circle there.

Technology has come a long way since the peg leg and it has a way to go still.  Will someone make a modular piece that can have attachments?  I imagine a bottle opener would sell very well.  Modular sets for mechanics, either to hold the tools or an attachment that is the tool.  Hell, with the right engineering could a tool be powered by a battery either on-board or wired?  How many soldiers had to give up their career or hobby because they couldn't hold a wrench or hammer?

Let's not forget the Second Amendment.  Could a firearm be designed to fit into a prosthetic?  I bet they could.  For legal liabilities it most likely would not be fired by muscle movement and would have to use an external "finger" on the "trigger".  I say go for it.

Does a modern prosthetic have the sensitivity and control to fire a weapon accurately and reliably?  If someone is missing both of their arms does that mean they can't use a firearm?  I don't know but I bet it would be a market anyway.

Even a basic paint job would help a lot.  Look at Harley's, put that kind of paint job on a prosthetic and I bet the persons acceptance of a new prosthetic would be better.  Do it in a steampunk motif, or in a major science fiction look.  Instead of trying to hide them maybe more people need to show them off.

Show them off and force everyone else to get with it and know that someone with a prosthetic is just like everyone else.